Date13-Mar-1977
TypeSea Disaster
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationNear Moreton Island in Moreton Bay
ActivityTheir 9 m launch was run down by a 25,000-ton Japanese freighter on the night of 3-11-1977 & they drifted, clinging to an icebox for 2 days
InjuryHis feet were bitten by sharks, but he was rescued by a charter boat that arrived on the scene just an hour and 15 minutes after the sharks first appeared, too late to save the lives of Hayes and Beaver
VictimVerdon Harrison, Male, 32 years old
SourceSunday Mail (QLD), 10/11/1992, p.109; A. Sharpe, pp.103-104
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